Tracy Kwang

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Tracy Kwang is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tracy Kwang has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 3 papers in Clinical Psychology and 2 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Tracy Kwang's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (2 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (2 papers) and Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (2 papers). Tracy Kwang is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (2 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (2 papers) and Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (2 papers). Tracy Kwang collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Tracy Kwang's co-authors include Michael D. Buhrmester, Samuel D. Gosling, William B. Swann, Diana T. Sanchez, Erin E. Crockett, John E. McGeary, Christopher G. Beevers, Tony T. Wells, Jessica J. Good and E. S. Saltzman and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Science, Personality and Social Psychology Review and Perspectives on Psychological Science.

In The Last Decade

Tracy Kwang

6 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Amazon's Mechanical Turk

2011 8.3k citations Michael D. Buhrmester, Tracy Kwang et al. Perspectives on Psychological Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tracy Kwang United States	6	3.5k	2.4k	1.7k	1.2k	1.2k	6	8.6k
Jesse Chandler United States	20	3.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	37	9.1k
Michael D. Buhrmester United Kingdom	23	5.1k 1.4×	3.5k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	33	10.7k
Antonio Pierro Italy	43	3.0k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	844 0.5×	960 0.8×	810 0.7×	193	6.8k
Ronald Fischer New Zealand	57	4.2k 1.2×	5.9k 2.4×	1.9k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	205	11.6k
Gabriele Paolacci Netherlands	15	2.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	866 0.5×	798 0.7×	961 0.8×	34	7.2k
Christian S. Crandall United States	47	4.4k 1.3×	3.4k 1.4×	2.5k 1.5×	950 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	97	9.3k
Tobias Greitemeyer Austria	48	4.0k 1.1×	3.6k 1.5×	1.2k 0.7×	939 0.8×	912 0.8×	189	8.0k
Dieter Frey Germany	46	3.5k 1.0×	3.1k 1.3×	830 0.5×	598 0.5×	822 0.7×	251	8.5k
Joseph P. Forgas Australia	52	4.0k 1.1×	5.0k 2.0×	1.4k 0.9×	2.2k 1.8×	2.0k 1.8×	176	10.4k
Zakary L. Tormala United States	42	4.2k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	724 0.4×	770 0.6×	866 0.7×	87	7.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Tracy Kwang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tracy Kwang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tracy Kwang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tracy Kwang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tracy Kwang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tracy Kwang. Tracy Kwang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Kwang, Tracy, Erin E. Crockett, Diana T. Sanchez, & William B. Swann. (2013). Men Seek Social Standing, Women Seek Companionship. Psychological Science. 24(7). 1142–1150. 27 indexed citations

2.

Buhrmester, Michael D., Tracy Kwang, & Samuel D. Gosling. (2011). Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 6(1). 3–5. 8310 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kwang, Tracy, Tony T. Wells, John E. McGeary, William B. Swann, & Christopher G. Beevers. (2010). Association of the serotonin transporter promoter region polymorphism with biased attention for negative word stimuli. Depression and Anxiety. 27(8). 746–751. 31 indexed citations

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Kwang, Tracy & William B. Swann. (2010). Do People Embrace Praise Even When They Feel Unworthy? A Review of Critical Tests of Self-Enhancement Versus Self-Verification. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 14(3). 263–280. 186 indexed citations

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Sanchez, Diana T., Jessica J. Good, Tracy Kwang, & E. S. Saltzman. (2008). When Finding a Mate Feels Urgent. Social Psychology. 39(2). 90–102. 18 indexed citations

6.

Sanchez, Diana T. & Tracy Kwang. (2007). When the Relationship Becomes Her: Revisiting Women's Body Concerns from a Relationship Contingency Perspective. Psychology of Women Quarterly. 31(4). 401–414. 41 indexed citations

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